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The rarely told story of how a handful of Montreal Jews covertly rescued 300 Ethiopian refugees

JL;DR SUMMARY This episode of The CJN Daily explores the largely unknown story of a group of Montreal Jews who, in the early 1980s, orchestrated a daring and clandestine rescue mission for hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, bringing them safely to Quebec. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish Community  Diaspora  Humanitarian Aid  Ethiopian Jews  Montreal  Rescue Mission  Brian Mulroney  Operation Moses  Mark Zarecki  Fake Documents 

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